VOICES is a multidisciplinary project in history, computer science, and engineering that studies testimonies of Holocaust survivors. For this, it uses computational technology (specifically, multimodal modelling) focusing on the complete spectrum of human communication channels. It aims to understand how women and men remember about their time in Nazi concentration camps, as well as the way memory, trauma and history are entangled.
 
Job description:
In close coordination with the project management and the other project staff, the computer-assisted analysis of interviews with Holocaust survivors will be tested and reviewed at various levels as part of the project. As part of the position, the necessary research on the Auschwitz camp complex will be carried out in various phases. The computer-assisted research results will be examined against this background. The research results will be made available to the entire team. Specifically, memos will be produced on an ongoing basis and fed into the joint work processes; close cooperation between the entire team is essential. As part of the position, the role of first author should be assumed for at least two publications in specialist journals (peer review).
 
Requirements:
PhD in History

Desirable:
- relevant knowledge in Holocaust Studies
- Previous experience in the digital humanities
- Previous experience in knowledge transfer
- Knowledge of quantitative data collection and analysis
- Knowledge of French
- Willingness to learn Phyton as a programming language
- Knowledge of oral history of the Holocaust

For further information, please contact Dr. Alina Bothe (lastseen@zedat.fu-berlin.de / 030 838 63274).